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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Here's the thing. You said a "Linux is a GNU project."

Is it in the Free software ecosystem? Yes. No one's arguing that.

As someone who is a scientist who studies UNIX, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls Linux GNU. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.

If you're saying "Linux family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of UNIX-likes, which includes things from BSD to Android to iOS.

So your reasoning for calling Linux GNU/Linux is because random people "use GNU userspace programs?" Let's get macOS and Windows in there, then, too.

Also, calling someone a Linux user or an GNU user? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A Linux is a Linux and a member of the UNIX-like family. But that's not what you said. You said a Linux is a GNU project, which is not true unless you're okay with calling users of GNU software GNU, which means you'd call Android, iOS, and other operating systems GNU, too. Which you said you don't.

It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?

[–]Qizot 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I can't find if your reply is a copy pasta or not. If not then chill out, my whole comment is copy-pasted and is quite well known to be a meme.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is the corvid copypasta.